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Ways for a Sorcerer to cast Spells he doesn't "know"
A Wizard prepares and casts Spells from his Spellbook and can therefore cast pretty much any Spell he has the appropriate Slot for and can get a Scroll to learn it from.
I'd like to have a similar ...
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Could a Wild Magic Surge be triggered by a Wild Magic Sorcerer using a Magic Initiate spell?
Under Wild Magic Surge it states:
Immediately after you cast a sorcerer spell of first level or higher, the DM can have you roll a d20.
Since Magic Initiate has you choose spells from a specific ...
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Can a Wild Magic sorcerer trigger Wild Magic Surges with rituals?
Wild Magic Surges may only trigger after casting a sorcerer spell of 1st level or higher. By default, sorcerers cannot cast spells as rituals, but if they take the Ritual Caster feat, they can (for ...
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How does the Flames of Phlegethos racial feat interact with the sorcerer's Metamagic option Empowered Spell?
If I have both the Flames of Phlegethos feat and the sorcerer's Metamagic option Empowered Spell, can I re-roll the same die twice?
The description of the second benefit of the Flames of Phlegethos ...
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Can a sorcerer with Spell Sniper use Distant Spell to cast a touch-range spell requiring a melee attack roll from a range of 60 feet?
Our use case spell will be inflict wounds (available to evil divine soul sorcerer):
Make a melee spell attack against a creature you can reach. On a hit, the target takes 3d10 necrotic damage.
The ...
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As a Sorcerer, can you trade out the spells granted by the Drow High Magic feat?
The Drow High Magic racial feat (XGtE, p. 74) states:
You learn more of the magic typical of dark elves. You learn the detect magic spell and can cast it at will, without expending a spell slot. You ...
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Does the Pyromancer sorcerer's Fiery Soul feature work with the Elemental Adept feat (fire damage) to effectively ignore immunity as well?
The Pyromancer sorcerous origin from Plane Shift: Kaladesh gains the Fiery Soul feature at 18th level. Part of its description says:
[...] any spell or effect you create ignores resistance to fire ...
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Can I retrain the spells I pick with Greater Crossblooded Evolution during downtime?
Pretty straightforward question--does GCBE give a Sorcerer the ability to retrain and learn any two spells during downtime?
If so, how long does it take?
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If a sorcerer knows the Mage Hand cantrip and then takes the Telekinetic feat, how does that interact with the Metamagic option Distant Spell?
Say a sorcerer already knows the mage hand cantrip, and then takes the Telekinetic feat. If they cast mage hand and apply the Metamagic option Distant Spell to it, what would its range be?
(Ignore the ...
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Is it possible for a sorcerer to write all the ritual spells they know in the ritual book of Ritual Caster Feat when they acquire this feat?
I was reading the D&D Beyond about wild magic sorcerer and I was thinking about something when I read the recommended feats, in particular the Ritual Caster Feat.
Is it possible for a sorcerer to ...
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Does the sorcerer at-will Lightning Strike trigger the feat Focusing Spellfury?
The sorcerer at-will attack Lightning Strike[DDI] (AP page 28) allows you to damage a secondary creature after hitting with the original attack.
For the purpose of the feat Focusing Spellfury[DDI] (...
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Can a character use their sorcery points from the sorcerer's Font of Magic feature on a Metamagic option they learned from the Metamagic Adept feat?
The Metamagic Adept feat (TCoE, p. 80) lets you "learn two Metamagic options" and gives you "two sorcery points to spend on Metamagic".
The 2nd-level sorcerer feature Font of Magic ...
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Is there any way to get the Draconic Claw feat without losing BAB?
Races of the Dragon has a very interesting feat in Draconic Claw (p. 102), which gives you a pair of claw attacks as well as the ability to make a claw attack as a swift action in any turn in which ...
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Need help with Sorcerer build options
Ok, so I'm working on a Spellscale Sorcerer with a gambler theme; he will eventually be taking levels of Fatespinner and Fortune's Friend (he doesn't consider this cheating any more than an athlete ...
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How does the Draconic Breath feat interact with the Animate Breath spell?
The Draconic Breath [Draconic] feat (Complete Arcane) allows a Sorcerer to spend a spell slot to use a breath weapon as a standard action. This is a supernatural ability and the damage and save DC is ...
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